The news that Chen Pengfei's new movie "The Legend of the Demon Cat" is scheduled for May 25 soon spread to the Internet.

The reaction of netizens is more expected.

In any case, Chen Pengfei is a great director, and his works are still very attractive.

"Literary films?"

"Great."

"Chen Pengfei was originally suitable for making literary films, but he couldn't play commercial films."

"Chen Pengfei's literary films are very tasteful, calm down and watch them, and your soul will be baptized."

"He should have come back to make literary films a long time ago, he is not suitable for making commercial films."

Netizens felt very relieved.

Chen Pengfei made his debut as a literary film, and at that time, his literary film won the Berlin Golden Bear Award, which made many Chinese people raise their eyebrows.

Later, Chen Pengfei transformed into making commercial films, which made many viewers feel heartbroken, and they felt like they were not doing their jobs.

Really, in the hearts of many people, the forced quality of literary films is higher than that of commercial films, even if the box office of commercial films is higher, it is not as good as a finger of literary films.

If Chen Pengfei's transformation into a commercial director is successful, everyone won't say anything, but now that his transformation has obviously failed, many people have a feeling of hating iron and not steel.

If you are a literary film director, you can make literary films well, what kind of vulgar commercial films.

No matter how good a commercial film is, it is just something to pass the time, and literary films are the spiritual and cultural treasures of mankind.

Now Chen Pengfei has re-transformed into making literary films, which makes many viewers who grew up watching Chen Pengfei's movies feel a sense of relief that the prodigal son has turned back.

This guy is finally obedient.

Insiders smell something different.

"It's strange, why Chen Pengfei's movie is also scheduled for May 25th."

"That's right, this schedule, Xu Nan Movie is also this day."

"It's not a hot schedule, it's just a normal day."

Insiders are often very sensitive to news such as schedules, because sometimes, the choice of the release date of a movie can really determine the life and death of a movie.

The news of Chen Pengfei's filming of literary films has long been known in the circle, and everyone's thoughts are similar to those of netizens.

Chen Pengfei has finally returned to the right path.

Although the influence and earning power of commercial films are higher than those of literary films, many netizens just think that literary films are serious movies, and commercial films are low-rate and cannot be put on the table.

There are more people in the film industry who think this way.

There is a chain of contempt in the circle, variety show coffee looks down on Internet celebrities, actors look down on variety show coffee, and then the director is above the actors.

There is also a chain of contempt between directors, TV drama directors look down on variety show directors, film directors look down on TV series directors, and then literary film directors despise everyone.

It's outrageous, but it's true.

Literary films are higher than commercial films.

Chen Pengfei has returned from the field of commercial films to the field of literary films, and many insiders are looking forward to it, and they are looking forward to Xu Nan's new movie, and they feel that there is one more treasure of human spiritual civilization.

The main thing is that Chen Pengfei has proven himself in this field, while Xu Nan has not.

No matter which circle it is, newcomers will be questioned.

Although Chen Pengfei and Xu Nan both have literary films to be released, everyone looks at this as two things, and they can't be beaten.

But here's the thing.

Chen Pengfei: Why did you put the movie on the same day as Xu Nan?

"What's so special about May 25th?"

"I just checked, and that day was a small solar term."

"God is so special that the solar terms are small, this can't be compared to the movie."

"Then why did Chen Pengfei put his new movie on this day, and Xu Nan's new movie is also this day."

"Is it for the ring?"

"Is it necessary for literary films to fight in the ring?"

Insiders can't understand this operation.

Commercial films may have box office competition, but literary films, this thing has no box office at all.

Although Chen Pengfei's actions seem to be targeted, and everyone thinks that this is targeted, there is really no need to target.

"Maybe Director Chen Pengfei is still angry, after all, he can't compare to Xu Nan in commercial films, and literary films are different."

"The commercial film Chen Pengfei may not be as good as Xu Nan, but the literary film Chen Pengfei will definitely hang Xu Nan up and beat him."

"It's good, for a literary and artistic young man like me, two literary films are released on the same day, it's like a festival."

"The big director is a little more naïve than I thought, and this also has to be targeted."

"Great directors are also people."

Insiders saw what Chen Pengfei meant to Xu Nan, and couldn't help but be a little speechless.

It seems that a great director is no different from ordinary people when he causes contradictions.

However, this wave of Xu Nan will definitely suffer.

For no other reason, in the field of literary films, there are only one or two people who can beat Chen Pengfei in China, and Xu Nan is not among them.

Moreover, the shooting logic of literary films is completely different from that of commercial films, and it takes a little life insight to be able to shoot well and shoot the taste.

Xu Nan is a young director in his thirties, and he can have a fart life insight.

Time passed day by day, and the day of the release of the two films on May 25 was getting closer and closer.

It stands to reason that if the two movies are released on the same day, and they are also movies of big directors, the media will definitely fan the flames in various ways, creating an atmosphere of battle of the gods, stimulating the curiosity of the audience at the same time, but also attracting a wave of traffic to themselves.

But Xu Nan and Chen Pengfei's new movies have not been reported much by the media, at most they just post a few articles to let netizens know that there is such a thing.

The reason is also very simple, because these two movies are literary films.

Literary films, except for some literary and artistic youths, most audiences are not interested.

Since the audience is not interested, the media will naturally not report it.

So there is not much news about the two movies on the Internet, and only a few people know about it.

Xu Nan has a sum of publicity funds in his hand, but he doesn't plan to promote the movie before it is released, he plans to start promoting it after the movie is released.

The reason is very simple, literary films naturally do not attract audiences, and early publicity is useless.

It's better to wait for the movie to be released, attract the audience with a good reputation, and then break the circle.

As for whether the movie "Alive" can break the circle by word of mouth.

That's not the obvious thing.

Coincidentally, Chen Pengfei also thinks so.

Before the movie was released, he only promoted it a little, and planned to use better word-of-mouth to guide the publicity after the movie was released.

He doesn't have too high expectations for this movie, just return to the basics, and even small losses can be accepted.

The two directors have the same idea, and the Internet is calm.

The time quickly came to May 25th.

On this day, two movies were released in theaters at the same time.

Because it is a literary film, the film schedule given by the theater is not too high.

But because this time period is the off-season, Xu Nan and Chen Pengfei are both big directors, so the film schedule given by the theater is not too low.

Anyway, they are all very ordinary movies, and it is better to enlarge the director's shots, which can attract the audience more.

At this time, Xu Nan's advantage in choosing this schedule is reflected.

If it is a popular schedule, even if Xu Nan is a big director, the theater chain will not squeeze out too many films, because they want to take advantage of this opportunity to make money.

But the unpopular schedule is different, the face of the big director is still a little, anyway, other movies are not popular, and it is nothing to squeeze out a little film schedule.

Therefore, most theaters can see Xu Nan's movies, and they can also see Chen Pengfei's movies.

In the field of literary films, everyone's trust in Chen Pengfei is a little higher, so the first choice of most literary and artistic young people is to watch Chen Pengfei's movies.

This can be seen in the number of people in the screening room of the two different films.

But there are exceptions.

Tao Heng and Liu Dongdong's first choice was "Alive" filmed by Xu Nan.

Of course, Chen Pengfei's "The Legend of the Demon Cat" also bought tickets, but they had to wait until they finished watching "Alive".

Insiders basically have the attributes of literary youth, and they don't want to miss good literary films.

Walking into the screening hall, there are not many people, and the attendance rate is about 30%.

Liu Dongdong and Tao Heng were not surprised.

Literary films, how many people do you want to watch, it's already good to have such a high attendance rate.

The two of them found a corner and sat down, chatting a few words while the movie was not yet released.

"I heard that Xu Nan made this movie to win the award."

"Definitely, a big director suddenly made a literary film, not for the award but for anything."

"It's difficult, domestic awards are decided by a small circle, and Xu Nan will definitely be stuck."

Tao Heng sighed.

As a film critic, he really knows too much about the dirtiness in the circle.

When I was young, I thought it was very unfair, but when I got older, I saw more and understood that this is human nature and cannot be changed.

Although the film industry is very dirty, because it is in the spotlight, it is still clean, and some circles are darker, and even blatant, without hiding it at all, it is much more disgusting than the film industry.

But a big director like Xu Nan will also be stumped by the unspoken rules, which feels quite interesting.

Liu Dongdong sighed: "At most, it's only one or two cards, and Xu Nan will be able to win the award sooner or later." ”

Anyway, Xu Nan's status in the circle is here, and it is a matter of time before he wins the award.

Many people in the circle know this.

The director with the highest box office in China, and he is still so young, if you think about it with your heels, you know that Xu Nan will definitely be the dominant player in the future film industry.

Now it's just that many old men who are unhappy with Xu Nan are deliberately blocking him, and when those old men are gone, it is not Xu Nan who has the final say in the circle.

Just like Xiao Lizi wanted to win the Oscar, many old antique judges did deliberately card him, but after Xiao Lizi showed sincerity, they immediately gave him the award.

Because Xiao Lizi's coffee position is placed here, it is impossible for you to get stuck with him forever, at most you can get stuck with others for a while.

If you are an ordinary actor, even if you work hard to win the award, who will take a second look.

Therefore, Liu Dongdong knew that Xu Nan would be able to win the award sooner or later, but it was just a matter of sooner rather than later.

It made his mood a lot gloomy.

Everyone is a director, why are you so beautiful, but I am like a rat crossing the street.

The most annoying thing is that Xu Nan is not from a professional class, but a computer student.

Tao Heng was very calm: "Normal, the rules in the circle are like this, it's already good to be able to card him for a while, it's better than to win the award as soon as you come up." ”

Liu Dongdong shook his head: "You don't understand, Xu Nan is whitewashing, and when he wins the award, no one will say about his black history, even if someone says it in the future, it will be a prodigal son who will not change his money, it is really ironic, bad people only need to put down the butcher's knife to become a Buddha on the spot, but good people need to become a Buddha but it takes nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties, this fucking society." ”

He made a good movie wholeheartedly, but the audience didn't buy it, and made a high-quality movie "Fireworks" with a low box office, and he had to force him to make a surprise move to eat baba to promote it in order to reverse the decline and make money.

Because of this incident, his reputation instantly fell to the bottom, and a group of people chased him and scolded him, including his former friends in the circle, saying that he spoiled a pot of porridge with mouse feces and ruined the atmosphere of the film industry.

You say it's funny or not, Xu Nan, who was the first to do this, didn't scold, but got used to it, and felt that it was very reasonable, and now he wants to wash himself up for the award.

He made movies conscientiously, and he was forced to use only one trick, and he was despised and boycotted by everyone and became a well-known scum.

Bad people can put down the butcher's knife and become Buddhas, but good people deserve to point a gun at it.

In that case, don't blame me for blackening.

Liu Dongdong's new film has been filmed and is currently in post-production.

Because the last movie was a big hit, he made a lot of money, and the propaganda sword went sideways, which made Liu Dongdong also a "famous director".

Of course, his famous director is different from other famous directors, other famous directors have a positive reputation, but Liu Dongdong's reputation is notoriously poor, nicknamed the poop director, netizens are ridiculed when they mention him, few despise him, but few respect him.

But no matter what, a famous director is a famous director, and capital doesn't care what your reputation is, they only see if you can make money.

Liu Dongdong can make money, then he is the guest of the capital, the new movie not only has a group of people rushing to give him money to invest, but also gave him the best conditions, the movie has not yet been released, Liu Dongdong has earned a nine-figure fund, and his assets have doubled.

This society is such a fuck, if you want to make money, you have to be shameless, and if you don't have a face, it's easy to make money.

Anyway, Liu Dongdong has already made up his mind, he doesn't want any discipline or face, he wants to make money.

Even the quality of the movie is not as good as before, and he is single-mindedly thinking about how to increase the box office of the movie through marketing to become a national sensation.

And he has already thought of a big move, as long as it is released, it will definitely be able to make a national sensation and stimulate the box office of the movie.

Liu Dongdong has become the kind of director who spurned him before, but he doesn't care at all, as long as he can make money, what is it to go crooked, and when he makes enough money in the future, he will turn back to the right path.

When the time comes, you can still market the prodigal son's return to the gold without changing the person, and it will not have any impact on him at all.

It takes ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties for a good person to become a Buddha, but a bad person only needs to put down the butcher's knife to become a Buddha.

He let it go.

That's when it happened

The lights in the screening room dimmed.

"Alive" began to play.

(End of chapter)